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In Weeks To Come Meetings AMERICAN LEGION -? American Legion Post 20 of Hoke County meets the second Tuesday of each month at the Edenborough Restaurant at 7:30 p.m. Those interested in joining are invited. COUNTY COMMISSION - Members of the Hoke County Commission meet the first Monday of each month at 9 a.m. and the third Monday at 7:30 p.m. in the conference room of the Court House An nex. The public is invited. CITY COUNCIL - The Raeford City Council meets the first Monday of each month at 7 p.m. in City Hall. The public is encouraged to attend. SCHOOL BOARD -- The Hoke County Board of Educa tion meets the first Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the board offices on Wooley Street. The public is encourag ed to attend. AL ANON ~ Meetings are held every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Hoke County Health Department Conference Room. Doings thru August 21 THE RISING SPLENDOR -- A series of vignettes authored by playwright Kermit Hunier is performed daily, except Mon days, through August 21 at Tyron Palace. The program takes visitors into a very busy governor's palace in the 18th Century. For more informal ion about Tyron Palace contact the palace visitor center at 638-5109 or the New Bern Craven County Chamber of Commerce at 637-3 111 August 26-27 FOLK FESTIVAL - Some of the world's best Irish fiddlers and flutists, ballad singers and bagpipers will perform at Western Carolina University Aug. 26-27 alongside a group of distinguished Southern Ap palachian folk artists. It is scheduled to run from I until $ p.m. Friday and Saturday in front of the center, with a for mal concert at 8 p.m. Friday in the recital hall of the Music F-nglish Building. Free to the public, the festival will coincide with the opening of a major ex hibition on the migration of Scotch-Irish people from Nor thern Ireland to Western North Carolina. thru August 27 strike at thf: wind ?? The Eighth season of "Strike At the Wind" opens with changes. Come view for the first time the hanging of Henderson Oxendine, which has never been done before in an outdoor drama. Witness the most successful outdoor drama in America, under the stars at the lakeside Amphitheatre 3 miles west of Pembroke just off Highway 74. showing every Thursday. Friday and Saturday nights through August 27. Ad mission $4. Adults $2. Children under 12 $3.50 Senior Citizens $5 preferred. For more infor mation call 919-521-3112 or write P.O. box 1059 Pem broke. NC 28372. \ugust 30 OPENING CONVOCATION ? Campbell University will of ficially open its school year with Opening Convocation ceremonies on Tuesday, August 30. at II a.m., in Turner Auditorium. D. Rich Building. Dr Albert G. Ed wards. pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Raleigh, is the designated speaker. i I fMNf ~ * _? AT CAROWISDS - The SMURFS are coming to Carowinds. Carowinds officials have announced that the park is spending SSOO.OOOlo transform a 1.3 acre island in the center of the park in to a new home of the SMURFS. "SML'RF Island. " to be com pleted for the 1984 operating season, will include a participatory play area for children, landscaped walking trails and a SMURF sized SML'RF Village. Taft Broadcasting Company. Carowinds' parent organization, has been granted an exclusive license for the use of the SML'RF cartoon characters in Sorth American theme parks for 10 years beginning with the 1984 operating season. The SMURFS, created 25 years ago by Belgian cartoonist Pierre Culliford ( known world-wide as Peyot. are licensed in Sorth America by Wallace Berne A. Co.. Inc. of Ian \uys. California. August 21 PIONEERS -- The local Gospel group will perform this SunJav night ai "MO ai the First Baptist Church in Raeford August 21 FORT BRAGG FIFA MARKET -- The next monthly Fort Bragg Flea Market will be held August 21 from 1 to 6 p m. at the Fort Bragg Fairgrounds, located on Bragg Boulevard across from Strvker Golf Course. This Ilea market is open to the public. There will be free parking and refreshments available Registration is being held at Fort Bragg Nouth Activities on Reilly Road from 11 *0 am until 5pm Mondays through Fridays. A set of rules will be available For more informa tion. call 39ft- 1 2? R. Aug. 21 -Sept 25 FAYETTEVH.I.E Ml'SEl M -- The color paintings of North Carolina native Ruth Blackwell Rogers open the fall season at the Fayetteville Museum ot Art in an exhibition scheduled tor August 21-September 25. The artist works with acrylic paints on unprimed. unstretched raw canvas in a technique called ??staining." thru August 21 FORTY CARATS - The Ft. Bragg Playhouse is performing through Aug. 21, a romantic play. Forty Carats, which will bring together acting talents from a variety of entertainment media. Lilia Skala, whose most recent movie credit is Flashdance, plays the mother of local actress June Stawart Martz, and soap opera regular Geof Prysirr plays a young man in love. The playhouse opens weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for ticket reservations or call the box office at J96-7555. August 22-26 EVANGELISTIC SERVICES - The Elder Prince Purcell of Fayetteville, will conduct a revival August 22-26 at Mt. Sinai Church of God located at Rt. I, Lumber Bridge near Arabia. Services will begin at 7:30 each evening. Gatherings August 19 ( Hit KKS Pl.ATF. -- The Steward Board at Freedom Chapel AML /.ion C hurch will sponsor a chicken plate sale on Friday. August IV Dinners will be served from II a m until 7 p in. Donation is S3 per plate and delivers will he made or, orders of 5 or more plates To order plates, please call 875-4-20 \uj>ust 18 s \ N DH 1 1 I > CHK1S n AN WOMKN -? The Sandhills Christian Women's Club will meet at the Country Club of North Carolina on Thursday. August 18 at 11:30am CWC is an interdenominational women's group with no membership or dues All are welcome The buffet lunch is S5.50 Ciuest speaker will he Connie 1 ancaster from Wilm ington The Special Feature will he presented by Evelyn Mien, a color consultant from Raleigh Linda Bryant of Zebulon. will provide the Special Music. A free, pre school nursery will be provided at the Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church in Southern Pines. Mothers should bring a sandwich for ihe child. Reservations for the lun cheon and the nursery should be made by calling 875-3759 no later than Monday, August 15. thru Aug. 30 "SWORD OF PF.ACF." - A cast of over 60 actors, dancers, singers and musicians are beginning rehearsals for "The Sword Of Peace" which opens its gala 10th anniversary season at Snow Camp, North Carolina. The play, written by William Hardy of Chapel Hill, is based on the early history of a nearby quaker settlement. The season extends through August 20. Curtain time is at 8:30 p.m. with regular perfor mances scheduled Wednesday through Saturday. For ticket information, show dates and reservations write: The Sword of Peace Summer Celebration, PO Box 535, Snow Camp, N.C. 27349. or phone (919) 376-6948 Sept. 4 WOMAN'S DAY - Mt. Sinai Church of God located at Rt. I, Lumber Bridge near Arabia, will be observing their Annual Woman's Day program on Sunday, Sept. 4. Morning ser vices will begin at 11:00 a.m. Afternoon services at 4 p.m. Sept. 7-17 OTHELLO TOURS TRIAD -- As part of its touring program Outreach '83, the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival will present Shakespeare's grip ping tragedy OTHELLO. The production will open in Winston-Salem at tne Stevens Center on September 7 and 8 at 8:15 p.m, It then moves to Greensboro's Carolina Theatre on September 10 at 8:15. The final triad performances will be September 15, 16 and 17 at 8: 15 at the High Point Theatre. Following the High Point engagement, the Festival will begin a three state tour which includes Wilmington, Charleston, S.C., Sweetbriar, Va., Cullowhee, Boone, Asheville, Hickory, Davidson and Charlotte. For reservations and information call the Stevens Center between 10 and 5 at 721-1945, the Carolina Theatre between 12 and 5:30 at 275-2537 and the High Point Theatre between 12:30 and 5:00 at 887-3001. Additional infor mation may be obtained by calling the Festival office at 889-1544. Sept. 811. 1418 RAZ2LK DAZZLE - The Favetteville Little Theatre proudlv announces the presen tation of "Razzle Daz/le - A Musical Fashion Revue." This show, cosponsored by Belk, will feature the fall clothing of such designers as Calvin Klein. Bill Blass and Perry Ellis. All proceeds from the two week run will go directly into FLT's Capital Building Fund. Show dates are September 8- 1 1 , 14-18 with show times of Thursday through Sunday ? 8:15 p.m.; Wednesday, the 14th - 8:15 p.m.: Saturdavs, the 10th and l"?th - 2:15 p.m.. Price is $6, S3 for students on Wednesday, Thursday and Sunday evenings only. All proceeds go directly to FLT's Capital Fund. For more information or reserva tions. please call the Little Theatre Box Office at 323-1233 between 4 and 9 p.m. daily. Sept. 26-Oct. 24 LF.CTLRE SERIES -- Experts on the military, medicine, history, economics, political science and ethics will speak in a free lecture series. "A Critical Studv ot The Arms Race" on successive Mondav nights September 26-October 24 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Sandhills Community College. All meetings will be held in Room .'14 ot the Kennedy Building at s.c.c Sept. 26 ARTS ON RADIO -- A na tional audience Kill discover the exciting story of the North Carolina School of the Arts when a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) special airs Mon dav. Sept. 26 at 8 p.m. "Where Dreams Debut: The North t arolina School of the Arts" is a behind-the-scenes look at soung professionals preparing tor careers in the performing arts at the state-supported school. The program was pro duced by The University of North Carolina Center for Public Television in association with Robert Kanter Produc tions of New York. R J. Reynolds Industries, Inc. pro vided funding for the documentary. Sept. 30- Oct. 2 ART SHOW - The 10th An nual Neptune Festival Art Show, sponsored by the Virginia Beach Arts Center, will be held for five blocks along the Virginia Beach Boardwalk from Friday, September 30 through Sunday. October 2. The art show is part of the overall Neptune Festival activities beginning September 28. Information on the art show is available at 804/425-0000. Application deadline is August 15. thru Sept. 5 N.C. ZOO ? A lady boa con strictor named Clyde and a handsome Military Macaw will meet the public every weekend in the amphitheatre at the en trance to the African Section at the North Carolina Zoological Park. Zookeepers will in troduce the macaw at I p.m. and the boa constrictor at 3 p.m. every Saturday, Sunday and holidays througk Ijibor Day weekend. There is no charge. The North Carolina Zoological Park is located 5 miles southeast of Asheboro off U.S. 64. The zoo is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekends and holidays. Admis sion is $3.00 for visitors 16 years and oldeT, $1.00 for children 2-15 and senior citizens. Children under two, North Carolina Zoological Society members and the han dicapped are admitted free. A trackless tram ride through the African Section costs $1.00 a day. For information call (919) 879 5606. OPEN FOR TOUR - Old Salem is a restored 18th century Mora vian congregational town (founded 1766) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina and is open to the public on a daily basis. Events thru August AT CAROWINDS - The August agenda for the Carowinds Paladium include Tom Jones, America, The Charlie Daniels Band, Jeffer son Starship and Laura Branigan. Jefferson Starship will give one concert at 8 p.m. on August 20. Also in concert that evening will be Patrick Simmons. Grammy Award nominee Laura Branigan. is scheduled for Sunday, August 21 at 7 p.m. Admission to the Laura Branigan concert is S2 in addition to Carowinds' S 1 1 .95 general admission ticket. Ad mission for each of the other four concerts is $3 in addition to park admission. Carowinds is now selling assigned seats to each Paladium show. Tickets are sold on a first-come, first served basis beginning at 8:30 a.m. on the day of the concert. Mail orders or advance reserva tions are not accepted. Carowinds, located on 1-77 at the North Carolina/South Carolina border, is now open every day except Friday until August 28, when it will return to a weekends-only operation. thru September 17 ?OKLAHOMA" -? The musical opens at the Bordeaux Dinner Theatre in Fayetteville on Saturday, July 23. It will then play Wednesday through Sunday evenings for an eight week run. Call early for reser vations for this uniquely American Rodgers and Ham merstein musical. A delicious gourmet buffet dinner is served prior to the show. Prices are reasonable and senior citizen and group rates are available. The box office is open every dav from noon to 6 p.m. at 323-1114. Sept. 22-25 MULE DAYS -- The public is invited to the 34th Annual Mule Day Celebration in Ben son, from September 22-25. Festivities include a mule pull ing contest, spitting contest, a rodeo, street dancing, blue grass music and more. Oct. 6-9 SOUTHERN WOMEN'S SHOW -? A new four day event, Oct. 6-9. designed especially for women and in cludes seminars, programs and exhibits on food, fashion, finance, business, travel, leisure and more. Shows hours are 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Thurs. through Sat., noon to 6 p.m. Sun. Showtime admission is S3 50 for adults, $2.50 for juniors ages 6 through 13. and children under 6 free. Advance adult tickets are S3. 00, orders for 30 or more tickets are S2.50 each. For further information, or to enter the poster competi tion write or call: SOUTHERNS WOMENS SHOW, Box 36859. Charlotte. N.C. 28236. Telephone: 704 376-6594. Oct. 8-11 36TH REUNION -- The mighty 36th Field Artillery will come roaring back to Fort Bragg, North Carolina, for their first full blown reunion on October 8-11 at Moon Hall, on the Post. Full details concern ing the reunion may be obtain ed by writing: Danny Tanous, 36th F.A. Association, 25 Knowles Rd., Watertown, Mass 02172. The 36th wis first organized as a regular army unit 7 August 1918, at Ft. Mc Clellan, Alabama, and after a short life was demobilized following the end of WW1 on 8 February 1919. The 36th was reactivated 10 October 1939 at Fort Bragg and outfitted with the old 155 mm. GPF guns left over from WW I. At last outfit ted with brand new 155 mm. "Long Tom" guns, the 36th shipped out of Fort Bragg on a bright and hot August day to blaze its way through North Africa, Sicily, Italy, France, and Germany, with its 1,500 men and officers. Campaign credits were given the unit for Tunisia, Sicily. Naples-Foggia, Anzio, Rome-Arno, Southern France, North Apennines, Rhineland, Ardennes- Alsace, Central Europe, and Po Valley. France awarded the 36th with the Croix de Ouerre with Palm. thru Sept. 5 USS NORTH CAROLINA - North Carolina's international ly recognized Sound and Light Spectacular, "The Immortal Showboat," opens its 19th season at the USS North Carolina Battleship Memorial in Wilmington. The outdoor drama will continue nightly at 9 p.m. through Labor Day, September 5. Admission to the outdoor drama is $1.50 for adults, 7$c for children 6 through II, and free for those 5 and under. Oct. 9 INTERNATIONAL FOLK FESTIVAL -- A German festival will be held Oct. 9 from noon to 5 p.m. on Green Street and Cross Creek Park in. downtown Fayetteville near Market Square to celebrate the 300th anniversary of German settlement in America. The festival will feature continuous entertainment, international foods, crafts and goods, games of nations and a parade. October > TOBACCO AUCTIONEER CHAMPIONSHIP - Seven of the country'* most knowledgeable tobacco men will be in Danville. Va.. on Oct. 8 to select a new World Tobacco Auctioneering Cham pion. The third annual cham pionship, is expected to attract more than 70 auctioneers and as many as 50, 000 people. Ac tivities will get under way at 9 a.m. with a preliminary elimination round at Auc tioneer's Park in Danville. The-' championship finals and a free country musk and bluegrass concert will begin at 6 p.m. Sports . Aagast 23 FOOTBALL SCRIMMAGE - The Hoke High Bucks will host Pine Forest in a scrimmage game Tuesday night August 23 at 8 p.m. in the Hoke High stadium. The public is urged to attend. August 24-28 PRO/ AM TOURNEY - The 13th Annual Lee Elder Celebri ty Pro/ Am Golf Tournament will be held at the Pinehurst Country Club Aagut 26-28. Approximately 100 amateurs will team up with 35 profes sionals for the two-day event, Mrs. Elder said. The entry fee for amateurs is $400 and covers green fees, carts, and social ac tivities. The professional fee is $95. The pros will be playing for a $10,000 purse. All pro ceeds go to the Lee Elder Scholarship Fund to help deser ving students around the na tion. A practice round is set for Friday, August 26, with tour nament rounds following on Saturday and Sunday. Par ticipants will be guests at recep tions and dinners on Saturday and Sunday. For further infor mation, contact the tourna ment office at 1725 K Street, N.W., Suite 1201, Washington, D.C., 20006 or telephone 202/331-8325. Sept. 16-11 GOLF TOURNEY - The Kiwanis Club will be iporuor ing the 4th annual Kiwanlt Coif Tournament Sept. 16-11 at the Arabia Coif Club. Entry fee will be S30 per person and the format will be two man Captain's choice. Prizes in clude S100 in merchandise or S30 in merchandise in each of six flights. Entry forms can be picked up at the Arabia Golf Club or by writing L. Bullard, P.O. Box 1006, Raeford, NC 28376. A*g. 19-21 9COTLAND OPEN TENNIS TOURNAMENT - The annual Scotland County Open Tennis Championship will be played Aagast 19 Ihroagh Aug ait 21 at the Scotland Tennis Center. The competition will be divided into five events (men's singles and doubles, women's singles and doublet and mixed doubles) which will be further divided into the Open Division and the 33 and Over Division. The tournament is being co sponsored by the Scotland Ten nis Association and Scotland County Parks A Recreation. It will be open to non-residents as well as residents of Scotland County. Trophies will be awarded to the winner in each division. Entry forms are available from the Scotland Tennis Center or the Scotland County Parks A Recreation of fice. Entries must be mailed before midnight, August 14 or given to Mark Byrd, tennis pro at the Tennis Center, before 3:00 p.m. August 13. Aag. 29-Sept. 1 RED SPRINGS OPEN - An open tennis tournament will be held at Deer Track Racquet Club from August 29 to September 1. Players muit pro vide their own balls. Winners keep unused cans. The entry fee is S3 per person and S6 per doubles team. Applications can be picked up at Deer Track. Blazons ALUMINUM RECYCLING - Summer is officially here, and the i tart of summer activities by North Carolina families is underway. Consumers in the know are saving, collecting and recycling their aluminum items for cash on the spot in ever increasing numbers, which is typical of the peak season recycling months (July September). The company is accepting aluminum for recycl ing in Raeford at Mack's Shop ping Center (Harris Avenue), Tuesday, Friday and Saturday, 9:30 to 1 1 a.m. (dosed Sept. 6). In the North Carolina Cumberland region, Reynolds pays a minimum of 20 cents per pound for all-aluminum beverage cans. Reynolds also pays IS cents per pound for certain other recyclable all aluminum items, such as; foil, pie plates, frozen food and TV dinner trays, and pudding, dip and meat containers. Further information on schedules and other locations of the nearest recycling center is available by telephoning (516) 741-8877. Aigast 20 HOKE SWIMMING ASSO CIATION ? The annual party for the Hoke Swimming Association will be held at the pool on August 20 at 5 p.m. Refreshments will be served. All members are invited. Angwt 29 The nutrition site that has been located at the McLaughlin School will close Friday, August 19 and re-open August 29 at the Evangelical Methodist Church on 6th Avenue. The nutrition center will be located in the church's fellowship halt. Sept. 1 KINDERGARTEN ?? The Raeford Kindergarten and Day Nursery will start the fall pro gram on Sept. 1. Call The News- Journal or bring calendar items to the office before noon on Tuesday. [ Happy ! 30th ! 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